Ceuta, Spain and Border Control
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Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez insisted his government had no advance notice of an influx of 70,000 migrants into the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
Spain faces unrest as residents protest, while migrants and asylum seekers search for shelter and resources in Ceuta.
Opposition parties accuse Spain's prime minister Pedro Sanchez of abandoning the residents of the small Spanish enclave on the North African coast.
Tens of thousands of people have rallied across Spain in support of the North African exclave of Ceuta's place within Spain and against the Madrid government's migration policy, amid an ongoing
Ceuta and Melilla, Europe’s only land borders with Africa, are Spain’s only two “autonomous cities”. Under Spanish law, they hold a status as ciudades autónomas, meaning they possess a self-governing power greater than standard municipalities but less than full autonomous communities.
A baby dolphin died after being pulled from the sea and struck by migrants in Ceuta, Spain, prompting public outrage and a formal complaint from an environmental group.
The prime minister of Spain is promising to release all files related to the invasion of Ceuta by illegal immigrants, as thousands rally across the country in protest of how the situation has been handled.